Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation
Committee Topic
Strengthening Institutional and Economic Resilience in Sierra Leone to Combat Drug Trafficking and Transnational Organized Crime
Committee Overview
In this simulation, delegates represent OIC member states and approach economic cooperation as a tool for security and stability. The committee considers how trade, finance, and institutional capacity interact with the threats posed by drug trafficking and organized crime.
Using Sierra Leone as a focal case, delegates are asked to move beyond broad statements and toward practical, cooperative measures that member states could realistically support.
Drug trafficking and transnational organized crime are widely recognised as cross-border challenges that can weaken governance, distort legitimate economic activity, and place pressure on public institutions. Coastal and transit states can be particularly exposed when enforcement, financial oversight, and border management capacity are limited.
Delegates should research how illicit financial flows, informal economies, youth unemployment, and institutional capacity relate to one another, and how economic development and cooperation between states may reduce vulnerability over time.
Focus Areas
Strengthening the agencies and frameworks responsible for prevention, enforcement, and oversight.
Financial transparency, anti-money-laundering cooperation, and protecting the formal economy.
Livelihoods, employment, and investment as long-term protective factors for communities.
Information sharing, border management, and coordination between member states.
Guiding Questions
Use these questions to focus your research and shape your member state’s position.
How can economic cooperation between member states reduce vulnerability to drug trafficking and organized crime?
What institutional reforms would most strengthen resilience while respecting national sovereignty?
How can member states address illicit financial flows without discouraging legitimate trade and investment?
What role can youth employment and economic inclusion play in long-term prevention?
How should progress be measured, funded, and reviewed over time?
Committee assignment
Delegates do not select their committee during application. Committee assignments are determined by the SLMOIC organizing team.
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